[asterisk-dev] ARI, reinventing the wheel?

[Paul Albrecht]

Asked this question last week and didn't get an answer. Let me try again. What's the purpose of the ARI? There's already an established interface for managing asterisk. What specifically does ARI do better or more of than the existing interface? 

 Don't see any benefit of being restful, in fact, in some respects it's a step backwards because the new interface will be synchronous which doesn't make much sense for telephony applications.